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FORT MYER HEIGHTS^^ 

Adjoinipg the Capital o? the United States 



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PROPOSED U. S. MEMORIAL BRIDGE, UNITING WASHINGTON AND FORT MYER. 



THE ADVERTItCfl CO., 616 F IT. NW 



TEN REASONS WHY FORT MYER HEIGHTS EXCELS ALL OTHER 
SUBURBAN PROPERTY AROUND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL FOR 
SPECULATION OR A HOME. if if if if ff if 

First. More new electric and steam rail- 
roads have been constructed through this 
section in the last few years than all other 
suburbs around Washington, namely : The 
Falls Church, the Arlington, ond the Mount 
Vernon electric railroads, also the Pennsyl- 
vania steom railroad, that is now establish- 
ing what is to be the largest freight yards 
in Washington. 

Second. The new $30,000 Court House 
(County Seat of Alexandria County), has 
recently been constructed in our subdivi- 
sion. This alone means the building in 
the near future of fifty to one hundred 
residences and stores. 

Third. The Secretary of War has re- 
cently employed the four largest bridge 
companies in the United States (among them 
is the company that built the Brooklyn 
bridge) to make plans and submit estimates 
for the early construction of the Memorial 
Bridge which will unite Fort Myer Heights 

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Branch Office of Fulton R. Gordon at Fort Myer Heights, showing the 
FaUs Church Electric Railroad and the famous Military Road, 
the President's fovorite drive. 



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Fifth. A Bill will be introduced in Cong:ress to take this property 
and other nearby properties into the District of Columbia, making it 
a part of Washington. 

Sixth. The Military Road, leading from the Aqueduct Bridge to 
Fort Myer and Arlington (built by the Government at a cost of $65,- 
000) borders on this property for one-half mile, and is the most fash- 



Residence of Col. Doubleday, surrounded 
with spacious well-kept grounds and 
stately oaks, located a short distance 
north of the Court House, on a high 
bluff, overlooking Washington and the 
Potomac River. 



ionable and best 
around the city, 
favorite drive. 



patronized driveway 
being the President's 



Seventh. Fort Myer and Arlington ad- 
join this subdivision, and the many mil- 
lions recently expended there by the Gov- 
ernment in beautifying these properties 
adds continually to the volue of Fort Myer 
Heights, and has made this the most beau- 
tiful spot about Woshington. 

Eighth. Our property is hemmed in on 
the south by the eleven hundred and sixty 
acre Government tract (Fort Myer and 
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Main Office of Fulton R. Gordon, 1206 G street, Woshingtoo, D, C, 
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the Potomac River, which makes it all 
the more desirable from a speculative 
standpoint, as Washington must extend 
west (all great cities build north and 
west), mainly through this property, and 
the more limited the space where a city 
is building or extending the more valua- 
ble the lots from a speculative standpoint. 
New York City is an example in this 
respect, being a narrow strip of land, 
hemmed in by two rivers, lots sell there 
as high as $500 a square foot. 

Ninth. Aside from the speculative 
standpoint, if you wish your wife and 
children to breathe pure air, drink pure 
water, have trees, flowers, lawn, vines, 
garden and a large piaza, with a grond 
view of Washington and the Potomac 
River, and be under such home influences 
where the human mind will reach its 
height of cultivation, then buy in Fort 
Myer Heights. 

Tenth. Woshington, by the contin- 
ual rapid increase in population and in- 
creased outlay in Government improvements connected with the construction ond extension of so many 
new electric and and steam railroads through this section, offers you the same chance now in our property 
that you had in Columbia Heights and Mt. Pleasant when lots sold there, only a few years ago, ot our 
present prices (8 to 20 cents per square foot). The same men, however, who availed themselves of those 
" golden opportunities," are now buying lots in Fort Myer Heights, and they do not hesitate to say that in 
their opinion our property offers even a brighter future to-day than Columbia Heights property did when 




Government buildings under construction at Fort Myer, on the Military Road, 
one-half square from Fort Myer Heights. 



they invested there at ten cents o squore foot, 
creases in value. 



Remember, it is the ground ond not the house that in- 




COMMON Why will men of common sense and moderote means 

SENSE. go two miles north of the White House, in Colombio 
Heights, and buy a lot 20 by 100 feet at $4,000, when they 
could buy a lot more than twice the size, 50 by 100 feet, the same dis- 
tance west of the White House, for $400? From a speculative stand- 
point the Columbia Heights property has reoched top prices for medium 
residence property, while our lots at present prices hove a speculative 
value, and will eventually sell at the some price the Columbia Heights 



Proposed residence of Fulton R. Gordon, 
to be located on the Military Road, Fort 
Myer Heights. 

property is now selling for, and this is why 
so many buyers are now ovailing them- 
selves of these " golden opportunities." 



ELECTRICITY 



Electricity has revo- 
lutionized real estate 
values by bringing 
nearby suburban prop- 
erty in strict competi- 
tion with city property. Thinkers and men 
of foresight see through this simple problem, 



vs. 

REAL ESTATE 

VALUES. 




Residence of Hon. Andrew A. Lipscomb, a short distance north of the Court 
House, surrounded with spacious grounds, on o high elevation, giving a 
commanding view of Washington and the Potomac River. 




Residence of H. W. McGeorge, 
Fort Myer Heights. 



and are mofcing: handsome profits from suburban property, wbile those 
who bought city property since the various electric roilroods hove been 
extended into the suburbs have seldom been oble to sell out at cost. In 
fact, they are daily odvertising; their city houses in the Star at 15, 20 and 
30 per cent below cost, in order to invest in suburban lots that are increas- 
ing so rapidly in value. Hardly o day passes but what we are offered 
modern city houses in the northwest in exchange for our lots, which we 
nlways decline to consider. In fact, I will give this as a notice to the 
public that we do not care to exchange Fort Myer Heights property for 
city houses, for the reason that our property is a more ready cash sale. 
Besides, the Fort Myer Heights Land Company has reserved 100 lots as a 
permonent investment, and much prefers using its surplus money in build- 
ing and improving these lots, that will in their opinion eventually sell at 
city prices. 



MEMORIAL Last Congress oppropriated $7,500 to make surveys, soundings and plans for the early 

BRIDGE. construction of the Memorial Bridge, in order that the War Department could invite bids 
and hove them ready for next Congress to make the appropriation. The " Post " of July 
5th says the War Department has invited fifteen of the most eminent bridge engineers in the United States 
to submit plans and bids, and further says: "The President is very much interested in the project and 
hopes to have the Bridge under construction before his term expires." Th; "Star" of July 15th gives the 
nam.es and records of each bridge compony that has been employed by the Secretary of Wor to make the 
plons. The "Star" of August 30th says: "Secretary Root has recently driven over the route of the Bridge 
in order to secure data for the strong argument he will make in his next annual report to Congress for the 
building of the Memorial Bridge." After reoding these facts, if you have any doubt as to the building of 
this Bridge, then please call and see the Secretary of Wor, who has entire charge of the matter, ond you 
will have all doubts removed. 

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ANDREW Andrew Carnegie echoed what all shrewd observers confirm when he stated that more 

CAREGIE. fortunes were accumulated from the rise in real estate than all other causes combined. Can 
you not afford to follow the advice of Carnegie ? Begin now by buying a lot in Fort Myer Heights, and 




it will grow in value just as sure as Washingfton continues to increase 
in population. As our country grows in population and wealth, so must 
our National Copital grow in population and wealth, and where could 
you find a safer and surer investment for a handsome profit than a lot 
located in a network of new electric railroads (with charters out for other 
railroads to be built in the neor future), and only two miles west of the 
White House. 



Grading Streets in Fort Myer Heights. 



WASHINGTON'S 

SUBSTANTIAL 

BUSINESS MEN. 



The substantial 
business men of 
Washington of 
to-day are those 
who, when young men, carefully planted 
their small earnings in nearby subur- 
ban lots which have since become a part 
of this city, and yielded to the young 
buyer a crop af " gold " for beyond their 
young dreams of wealth. Ask these men 
if the same chance is now open to you, 
and they will unhesitatingly say yes; 
and far better opportunities than they 
had, as Washington has just commenced 
to grow, and will gather momentum in 
her growth, like the wheel running 
down hill. In other words, the larger 
the population the shorter time it takes 
a city to gain another hundred thousand 
inhabitants, and a million inhabitants for 




Court House at Fort Myer Heights. The County Seot of Alexondria County 
was moved from Alexandria City to Fort Myer Heights, A. D. 1898, by act 
of the Legislature. 




our Capital City is predicted before a great many years roll by. If yoa 
wish to grow in wealth as our city grows in population, then place a 
few ten-dollar bills in our lots before the Memorial Bridge is built, and 
they will yield you a crop of hundred-dollar bills just os sure as a few 
bushels of wheot planted on a rich soil will yield a hundred dollors. 



A LIFE'S EARNINGS 
WASTED IN RENT. 



Residsnce ot A. M. Lothrop, of Wood- 
word & Lothrop, including 60 acres 
that is now being beautified withmac- 
amized driveways, and placed in a 
high state of cultivation, located a 
short drive west of Fort Myer 
Heights. 



Make a start to own a home, young 
man, or pay rent all your life and own 
a package of worthless rent receipts. Then 
in old oge, when you ore unable to pay rent, and have been cast out on 
the cold and cheerless highways to tramp for a living, and as night 
approaches you will be compelled to make your bed on mother eorth, 
with heaven for a blanket and the package of rent receipts for a pillow, 
with your eyes fixed upon the bright and illuminated home of your 
former landlord, and looking in upon the comfort ond grandeur as you 
hear the music from the harps and his children singing " Home, Sweet 
Home," while you are thinking of your homeless children and their poor 
condition; you will then be brought face to face with the sad jnistake of wasting a life's earnings in rent- 
paying. You will then see where the thousands you paid in rent are securely invested, not to the comfort, 
however, of yourself and children, who were justly entitled to the fruits of your labor, but to the use of 
others. Take warning, young man, from the sad mistoke others have made in wasting a life's wages in 
rent-paying. We now offer you "golden opportunities " to secure o home that you cannot afford to let 
slip through your fingers like little children do with sand at the seashore. They fill their little hands with 
sand, then let the grains fall through one by one till they are all gone, just like some people we meet in our 
daily walk of life, stumbling along over " golden opportunities" to secure a home, until they finally stum- 
ble over a tombstone, and become the silent owner of a lot 2 by 6 feet. Remember, the opportunity to buy 
Fort Myer Heights lots at present low prices has hair in front, and behind she is bald. Seize this oppor- 
tunity at once by the forelock, and you will hold her, but suffer it to pass and ten times the price will not 
catch her. 




Rufus H. Darby's residence, a short drive 
west of Fort Myer Heights. 



RENTERS, ASK YOURSELVES How long have yoo paid rent? 
THESE QUESTIONS. How does it feel to have your nose 

always to the gfrindstone ? Does 
your landlord give you the benefit when your house, which you are now 
occupying, doubles in value, or does he double the rent ? Is it not crim- 
inal negligence on your part to waste your precious labor in rent, when 
the same money would soon pay for a home which your wife and chil- 
dren are justly entitled to? How many of your friends own their 
homes, which they bought on easy payments, and are now enjoying an 
independence from the profits they made by buying just such lots as we 
are now offering you? Did you ever hear of a man amounting to any- 
thing who always hesitates, and is afraid to invest his money ? Is it not 



only the rich who can afford the lux- 
ury of continual moving and rent-pay- 
ing? If it is good and profitable for the 
rich to be your landlord, then why is it 
not good and profitable for you to be 
your own landlord? How many times 
have you seen respectable, honest fam.- 
ilies, who were financially embarrassed, 
thrown out into the streets in the cold 
wintry days, when they had paid suf- 
ficient rent, however, to buy twice over 
the very home which the heartless lard- 
lord was using the law to eject them 
from? 

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DEPOSITS IN 
SAVINGS BANKS. 



A word to the 
young tenant 
who deposits his 
surplus earnings (the little he has left 




Conunanding Officer's residence, on the Military Road, one square south of Fort 

Myer Heights. 




after paying: rent), in o Savingfs Bank or Trust Compony at the meagre 
two per cent interest, which they allow on your balonce. In nine cases 
out of ten your landlord hos borrowed your very deposit and other simi- 
lar deposits from the Trust Compony to buy or build the very home you 
now occupy, for which he exacts from you ten to twelve per cent interest 
in the way of rent, while you are receiving: two per cent interest. In 
other words, you are turning: the g:rindstone to g:rind your own nose. 
You are the hod-carrier, carrying: the brick and mortar to build another 
house for your poor (?), helpless (?) landlord. 



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Rezen W. Darby's residence, a short 
distance west of Fort Myer Heights. 



LOOKING 
BACKWARD. 



Ten years ago, if you mentioned to anyone the sale 
of lots across the river, you were usually told that they 
would not own a lot in that section if you gave it to 
them. Lots that sold then at $50 have sold recently for $2,000. These sales have taken place within one 
square of our property, and is o pointer as to what may be expected from Fort Myer Heights lots from a 
speculative standpoint. Delays are dangerous. Prices will advance sharply after this property leaves first 
hands ; besides, the early buyer secures the choice location. Buy now, while prices are cheaper than they 
will ever be again in this section. Remember, when the fool makes up his mind to buy, the market has 
gone by. 

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THE SHREWD 
INVESTOR. 



Remember, the shrewd investor alwoys buys ahead of the improvements, and sells 
out to the fellow who wants a "sure thing," after the improvements are completed and 
the market has reached top prices. The men who bought Columbia Heights lots 
before the improvements were completed reaped a golden harvest, while those who purchased after the 
improvements were completed are not able to sell out at cost. Buying our lots ahead of the improvements 
is like " making hay when the sun shines," and gathering roses while they blossom. 



HOME. What a hallowed name, and how dear to the heart the sacred abode, where the weary spirit 

ond care-worn heart, worn out and tired from the daily toils of life at the end of each day's 

journey, directs its froil bork over the troubled waters to our Home, the place of " Quiet Rest." The very 



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name touches every fibre of the soul; strikes with its angelic fingers 
every chord of the human heart; colls forth our fondest memories of 
life; opens up in our noture our deepest, purest and richest feelings. 
Home is the corner stone upon which rests everything that is pure and 
noble in our grand and glorious country, and stonds out boldly, hand in 
hond with Potriotism and Old Glory, the Stars ond Stripes. 



YOUR OWN LANDLORD 

ON TEN DOLLARS 

A MONTH. 



Residence of Dr. J. Taber Johnson, 
a short drive northwest of the Court 
House. 



to suit your own ideas. The loan will 
cost you, at 6 per cent interest, $7.50 a 
month — a very cheop rent. Now, pay 
in addition to this every month what you 
can save on the principal and the inter- 
est, and principal will likewise soon dis- 
appear, and probably, in the meantime, 
your property has doubled in value. Be- 
sides, one house paid for helps to buy two 
houses; two houses help to buy four 
houses, and so on is an independence 
secured. 

Can you afford to 
follow in the footsteps 
of successful men ? Are 
you aware that real estate investments 
are the corner stone upon which rest the 



SUCCESSFUL 

MEN. 



Buy a lot in Fort Myer Heights at 
ten dollars a month. When it is paid 
for we will loan you, say $1,500, which 
will build you a cozy home, patterned 





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Officers' Homes on the Military Road, Fort Myer, one square south of 
Fort Myer Heights. 




Residence ot J. H. Hobson, Fort 
Mycr Heights. 



in old age for your comfort ond happiness. 



fortunes of Washingfton's richest citizens ? Notice the class of men who 
have recently invested in or near our property for speculation or a home : 
A. M. Lothrop, of Woodruff & Lothrop, Georg:e W. Cissel, Andrew A. 
Lipscomb, I?ufus H. Dorby, B. H. Warner, Reizen W. Darby, Fronk 
Hume Dr. J. Taber Johnson, Dr. P. M. Rixey, George G. Boteler, An- 
drew B. Graham, Fred. W. Graham, Lieut.-Commander Berry, U. S. N., 
Captain B. C. Sampson, U. S. N., Prof. J. G. Harris, Cornell University; 
Colonel Willett, ex- Assistant Secretary of Agriculture; Major Morrison, 
Judge Advocate of the Army; Everhart Bierer, jr., Ex-Senator Hender- 
son, Colonel Doubleday, and others. Do these men expect to lose their 
money? Were they ever known to moke a bod investment? Anchor 
yourself to the solid rock of real estate. Then, when you wish to retire, 
you will have the necessary wherewithal! that is of so much importance 



THE CAPITAL CITIES OF THE Woshington is in its infancy — in fact, it has just commenced 

THREE LEADING NATIONS to grow, having quadrupled its population in the thirty-one years 

OF THE WORLD. prior to 1890. That it must grow rapidly from now on is shown by 

the following stotistics from Mulhall, the eminent English statistician : 

Populotionof the United Stotes 78,000,000 

Population of its Capital (Washington) 300,000 

Population of France 40,000,000 

Population of its Capitol (Paris) 2,400,000 

Population of Great Britain 40,000,000 

Population of its Capital (London) 4,200,000 

National wealth of the United States '■ $85,000,000,000 

National wealth of Greot Britain 60,000,000,000 

Draw your own conclusions as to what Washington ought to be and will be by comporing the popula- 
tion of the capital cities of the above three leading nations of the world. You will see that the United 
States about doubles either Great Britain or France in population and wealth, and you will then realize 



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Public School, within woltong distance 
of the Court House. 



that Woshington has just commenced to grow, and if it continues to 
quadruple every thirty-one years, will eventually exceed in population 
any Capital City in the world. 



. PRICES. Our prices are based on the cash selling: value of similar 

nearby property. We are the home-seeker's friend, selling 
homes cheaper and on a fairer plan than can be had elsewhere around 
Washington. We challenge you to visit Mt. Pleosant, Cleveland Park, 
Chevy Chase, Petworth, Kenilworth, Hyattsville — in fact, every suburb 
advertised, known or heard of around this city. Then let us show you 



Fort Myer Heights, and if we do not 
show you more for your money than you 
can get elsewhere, we do not expect you 
to buy. 



SIZE OF LOTS. 



50 by 100 to 200 
by 300, or 5,000 to 
50,000 square feet. 



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PRICES. 8 to 20 cents a square foot. 
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TERMS. $10 cash and $10 monthly 
on each lot, or one-third cash 
ond balance in one, two and three years; 
5 per cent off for cash, also 5 per cent off 
on all cash payments in excess of $10. 




View of Fort Myer from the Hotel site, Fort Myer Heigfits. 
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THE WHITE HOUSE -Only 1| miles from Fort Myer Heights. 




Pennsylvaina Railroad freight Yards 
(two squares east of Fort Myer 
Heights), which are to be the larg- 
est freight yards to Washington. 

in every home in Woshington. 
friends. 



CARRIAGE FREE Drop a postal for corriage to call at your door to 

TO VIEW LOTS, show you the property free of charge. Govern- 
ment employees will be taken out after office hours. 

FULTON R. GORDON, 

Sole Representative. 

Main Office, 1206 G Street, N. W^ Washington, D. C. 

Branch Office on the grounds at the intersection of Military Road and 
Falls Church Electric Railroad. 



N. B. We have 50,000 of these " Booklets," and intend to place one 
Do not hesitete to drop a postal if you desire one or more for yourself and 





VIEW OF WASHINGTON FROM FORT MYER HEIGHTS. 
The while building in the center indicates the opproach to the pioposed Memorial Bridge item the Waslunglon side of the Potomac. 




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